We've added twenty new decants over the past few weeks — four brands that are entirely new to the shop, two serious designer flankers, and a full five-piece release from French Avenue. Here's what landed and who each one is for.
Designer Heavyweights
Dior Sauvage Elixir
The most concentrated interpretation of the Sauvage line yet. Grapefruit, cinnamon, nutmeg and cardamom up top, a dense lavender heart, then licorice, sandalwood, Haitian vetiver and amber underneath. Considerably more potent than the standard Sauvage — two sprays is genuinely enough.
Worth sampling if you like Sauvage but want more weight and longevity. Try a decant →
Terre d'Hermès Eau de Parfum Intense
Christine Nagel's darker take on the Hermès classic. Bergamot opens it, then smoldering woods with roasted coffee and licorice, all built on a mineral lava-stone accord. Warmer and smokier than the original Terre d'Hermès without losing its earthy character.
Cartier Déclaration EDT
A modern classic and new to the shop. Bitter orange and bergamot open into a genuinely unusual spicy heart — cardamom, cumin, ginger and juniper — before drying down to cedar, vetiver, leather and amber. The cumin makes it divisive; people who love it really love it.
Arabian Oud: A New Brand for Us
One of the most established houses in Middle Eastern perfumery, and two very different entries.
Royal Oud is the more serious of the two — rose and Cambodian oud in the classic pairing, with saffron and musk. Rich and formal.
Woody Intense is smoother and more approachable: bergamot into amber and rose, finishing on creamy sandalwood and musk. A good entry point if traditional oud compositions have felt too heavy.
The French Avenue Aromatix Line
Five releases at once, all sitting in the fresh-to-fruity range and all at the same accessible price point. The quickest way to figure out which direction suits you is to sample two or three side by side.
- Frostbite — icy blueberry, mango and apple with bergamot and cardamom
- Forbidden Fruit — blood orange, apple and peach over vanilla; the sweetest of the five
- Sun Kissed — pomelo and bergamot with tea and cedarwood; bright and easy
- Teas Me — lime and ginger into black tea and amber; the most distinctive
- Magnetiq — bergamot, aromatic herbs and creamy woods; the cleanest and most office-safe
Two More New Houses
Bujairami
Ace is fruity-spicy and woody, inspired by Valentino Uomo Born In Roma Coral Fantasy. The Aftermath leans fruitier — citrus, bergamot and pineapple with a slightly gourmand finish. Both are among the most affordable things we stock.
Nusuk
Al Mukhtalif Silver — pear, melon and pineapple opening into rose and musk with a warm dry down. Genuinely unisex and versatile.
Also Worth a Look
- Lattafa Musamam White Intense — citrus, coconut and ylang-ylang over creamy sandalwood
- Lattafa Musamam Black Intense — lavender, nutmeg and cinnamon into patchouli and tonka; the darker sibling
- Fragrance World Anaqeed — a well-regarded affordable alternative to Parfums de Marly Layton Exclusif
- Better World Cloudar — mandarin, ginger and jasmine over cedar, from Drake's fragrance house
- French Avenue Zenith Blue — a clean aromatic-fougere with bergamot, lavender and ambroxan
- Arabiyat Prestige Raees Luxury Edition — lemon and calone into incense and cedarwood
How to Approach a Drop This Size
Twenty releases is a lot to work through. A sensible way in is to pick three that sit in genuinely different families — say one fresh, one woody, one oriental — and wear each for a full day rather than judging it in the first ten minutes. Our guide to fragrance notes covers how to read a note list and predict whether something will suit you.
Any three decants gets you 15% off automatically at checkout, so testing several directions costs less than one full bottle would.